Go Green

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Go Green!

• Being sustainable doesnt require lifestyle
  changes just little things here and there.

Environmental Wellness
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Easy Ways to Reduce

• Reduce the amount you buy or use.
• Use a hand towel to clean messes, rather than a
  paper towel.
• Buy rechargeable batteries to avoid throwing away
  batteries and packaging
• Just say no to paper receipts at the ATM, gas
  stations, etc...

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When you smell a dump, what you're actually
smelling is the paper in the dump!

• Each person creates
• about 4.6 pounds of
• trash per day

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Reuse

• Turning empty jars into containers for leftover
  food.
• Reuse the things you can.
• Save and reuse plastic grocery bags instead of
  throwing them away.
• Take your HDH bottle to the cafeteria and re-fill
  it for drinks.

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Recycle

• If all of our newspapers were recycled, we could
  save about 250,000,000 trees each year!
• Once an aluminum can is recycled, it can be part
  of a new can within six weeks.

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Recycle

• Recycled plastic is made into plastic lumber,
  clothing, flower pots, insulation for sleeping
  bags ski jackets, car bumpers and more.

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Where Did All the Water Go?
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Water Conservation

• Shortening your showers by one or two minutes can
  save up to 700 gallons a month
• Brave the initial cold water while it is heating
  up use all that water going down the drain!
• Dont use the toilet as a waste basket
• saves 4-5 gallons per flush

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Energy Conservation

• Unplug chargers when not in use. They use almost
  the same amount of energy whether charging or
  not.
• Turn off the lights when you leave a room.
• Wash clothes in cold water, it saves the cost of
  heating water, and clothes are just as clean.

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Conserve
Air dry your clothes save money and save the
energy it takes to heat a dryer.
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Save and Save the Planet

• Imagine a water bottle filled a quarter of the
  way with oil. Thats about how much oil was
  needed to produce the bottle.
• Who are you supporting when you drink a bottle of
  water?
• Drink tap water there's nothing wrong with it!
• If taste is an issue, buy a water filter (Brita)
• Put the HDH bottles to good use!

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